As part of the training activities of the “Folgore” Paratroopers Brigade, aimed at implementing and improving integration and interoperability with the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team – Airborne (IBCT-A), stationed in Vicenza, in recent days the “Dagger Guard” exercise was carried out in the training area of Dandolo (PN).
A paratrooper platoon of the Permanent Training Company of the 186th “Folgore” parachute regiment, in particular, was framed in a complex of the 54th BEB of the 173 IBCT (A), with the task of carrying out a Joint Forcible Entry Operation (JFEO) on the area FRIDA launch of Maniago.
Aimed at training infiltration capabilities through air launch, as an essential skill to meet the requirement of timeliness of use, rapid projection and depth of penetration, the exercise was primarily aimed at maintaining the unique potential of the air troops.
In particular, the conduct of training activities arranged by the Northern Operational Forces Command, aimed at achieving and maintaining the maximum operational capacity of the dependent Units in order to be readily usable in high-intensity operating environments and develop the levels of interoperability and integration of the Combat and Combat assets. Support with similar structures of the main countries of the Atlantic Alliance and of the Partner Countries (so-called “Airborne Community”).
The exercise conducted in a training area other than those normally used, made it possible to provide the activity with maximum realism and to increase and maintain the operational readiness levels of the smaller units, verifying and implementing the technical-tactical procedures and use of the “Folgore” Brigade. Due to its characteristics of dynamism, flexibility and operational readiness, the “Folgore” Paratroopers Brigade is one of the tools available to the Army to ensure the immediate response capacity of the Defense to face, promptly, crisis situations and needs which require the use of forces even in places that are difficult to reach.
